War: Choso! Choso!

On the central front above Hoengsong last week, U.S. commanders were
using R.O.K. troops in a new way. The South Koreans were ahead of the
main allied line, which had closed ranks behind them. If the South
Koreans succeeded in wiping up the North Korean outposts in the
formidable, snow-veined mountains, the U.N. line could be hauled up on
their heels. If they were counterattacked and broken up under
pressureas they have been in the pastthey could fall back without
leaving a hole or exposing a flank. To help and encourage them, they...